Daylight Savings - why?

[oyster]

Pints said:

groucho said:

Keep the clocks as they are now. GMT!!! Does it really need to be light at 10pm in the summer?

Does it really need to be light at 3am in the summer?

These 2 posts, though individually fine, show just how silly this thread is. We live in the top quarter of the hemisphere. There is a large variation in daylight between the 2 solstices. Deal with it. Or move to the equator.

[The Don of Croy]

A piece on the local TV news yesterday reckoned that 999 calls went up drastically on the 'change-over night', and it happens every year.

If there really is a big crime wave associated with the time shift - and all the associated pox for those who miss it / are too sleepy to catch up - then why not argue for it's cancellation from the economic and crime perspective. Think of the children type of attitude.

[Pints]

oyster said:

These 2 posts, though individually fine, show just how silly this thread is. We live in the top quarter of the hemisphere. There is a large variation in daylight between the 2 solstices. Deal with it. Or move to the equator.

Quite frankly I think there's been a distinct lack of silly threads on PH lately. I welcome the occasional silly thread just to balance the earwig.

[HoHoHo]

oyster said:

These 2 posts, though individually fine, show just how silly this thread is. We live in the top quarter of the hemisphere. There is a large variation in daylight between the 2 solstices. Deal with it. Or move to the equator.

Spot on.

There's nothing we can do to stop the sun rising and falling when it does and I really don't see how moving a clock one hour makes (in reality) any difference whatsoever.

Move to Kenya/Dubai or wherever and you'll be happy the sun rises at 6:43am and sets in 15 minutes at 7.04pm every single day of the year (or whatever time it does but you get my point)

[226bhp]

I feel very tired this week, my body clock is an hour out. Anyone else get this?

[moanthebairns]

The Don of Croy said:

A piece on the local TV news yesterday reckoned that 999 calls went up drastically on the 'change-over night', and it happens every year.

If there really is a big crime wave associated with the time shift - and all the associated pox for those who miss it / are too sleepy to catch up - then why not argue for it's cancellation from the economic and crime perspective. Think of the children type of attitude.

Not unknown, in Scotland house break ins dramatically fall away in summer due to almost 19 hours of sun light.

[GetCarter]

HoHoHo said:

Move to Kenya/Dubai or wherever and you'll be happy the sun rises at 6:43am and sets in 15 minutes at 7.04pm every single day of the year (or whatever time it does but you get my point)

Tilt of the earth means that even there the day length varies (not by much mind) [/nurd]

[226bhp]

moanthebairns said:

The Don of Croy said:

A piece on the local TV news yesterday reckoned that 999 calls went up drastically on the 'change-over night', and it happens every year.

If there really is a big crime wave associated with the time shift - and all the associated pox for those who miss it / are too sleepy to catch up - then why not argue for it's cancellation from the economic and crime perspective. Think of the children type of attitude.

Not unknown, in Scotland house break ins dramatically fall away in summer due to almost 19 hours of sun light.

A 999 call doesn't have to be a crime.

Probably people lighting candles and setting fire to their houses...

[soad]

226bhp said:

I feel very tired this week, my body clock is an hour out. Anyone else get this?

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?

{Puts his hand up.} Yes, my sleep cycle pattern is all fked up.

[Pints]

soad said:

226bhp said:

I feel very tired this week, my body clock is an hour out. Anyone else get this?

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?

{Puts his hand up.} Yes, my sleep cycle pattern is all fked up.

Another victim here.

Although Oyster says we're being silly.

[RyanOPlastry]

It is clearly pointless to change the clocks twice per year. This does not magically create daylight.
Lots of strong opinions are expressed about using BST or GMT all year round, but once the decision has been made not to change the clocks it makes absolutely no difference what the time is, we will just adapt to it.

[bennyboydurham]

HoHoHo said:

Spot on.

There's nothing we can do to stop the sun rising and falling when it does and I really don't see how moving a clock one hour makes (in reality) any difference whatsoever.

Move to Kenya/Dubai or wherever and you'll be happy the sun rises at 6:43am and sets in 15 minutes at 7.04pm every single day of the year (or whatever time it does but you get my point)

I lived in Dubai for a year or so and that was one of the oddest things to get used to - it being dark comparatively early and also the fact that the sun seemed to make a dive for the horizon. We associate warmth with long evenings and lingering sunsets in this country, not so there.